Peterson Petrarch's 'Fragmenta'

The Narrative and Theological Unity of 'Rerum vulgarium fragmenta'
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4875-1001-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

Reihe: Toronto Italian Studies

Building on recent Petrarch scholarship and broader studies of medieval poetics, poetic narrativity, and biblical intertextuality, Peterson conducts a rigorous examination of the Fragmenta’s poetic language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peterson, Thomas E

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Petrarch Today: A Focus on Narrativity
- Humanism and Poetic Theology
- A History of Return
Chapter 1: Historical Context and PoeticForm - The Poetry of the Tradition
- Style, Genre,Structure
- The Proem of the Fragmenta (Rvf 1–10)
Chapter 2: Temporality andDesire - Entering the Selva of the FirstCentenary
- The Dimension of Fable in the ‘Raccolta of 1342’
- Further Consequences ofFable
Chapter 3: The Language of Tears (Rvf 92–122) - A Parable of Return
- Nature, Landscape, Solitude
- The Secretum and Canzone
Chapter 4: In fresca riva: Landscape and History(Rvf 125–183) - Canzoni 125–129
- Saint Peter and the AvignonChurch
- Antithesis and Parallelism
Chapter5: The Penitent Lover (Rvf 184–263) - The Fading Myth of Daphne
- Out of the Labyrinth, Away From the World
- APoetics of Quietude
Chapter 6: Songs of Grief and Lamentation (Rvf 264–317) - “Quelle pietosebraccia” (264, 14)
- “Come va ’l mondo!” (290, 1)
- Augustinian Time and the Process ofGrieving
Chapter 7: Songs of Consecration (Rvf 319–366) - The In Between Time of Parable
- Friendship and Dialogue,Memory and Solitude
- Seeds of Grace
Conclusion - Historical Reception and the Figure of Petrarch
- “Altr’uom” (Narrative, Style, Theology)
- An Autopoietic Unity
NotesBibliography

Über Autor(innen)

PetersonThomas E:
Thomas E. Peterson serves on the Scientific Committee of the Centro Studi Franco Fortini at the University of Siena and is Professor of Italian at the University of Georgia.